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CHAPTER 1
NCD ThinSTAR 300 Basics
This chapter describes your
NCD
ThinSTAR 300
Windows-based Terminal (WBT) basic operating
procedures. This chapter contains these topics:
What is a Windows-based Terminal?
Your
NCD
ThinSTAR 300 Windows-based Terminal is a
simple thin client device that allows you to use Microsoft
Windows applications running on Windows
NT
servers
(configured with Microsoft Windows
NT
4.0, Terminal
Server Edition) or Citrix ICA servers. In the context of this
manual, Terminal Server refers to the Microsoft server
software, Terminal Server host refers to the server computer.
Once you connect to a Terminal Server host or Citrix ICA
server and log on, the server’s desktop displays on your
terminal screen. Using the desktop is the same as using
Windows 95 or Windows
NT
4.0.
What is a client?
A client is an application (software) or device that can
communicate over a network with a server (a powerful
computer). A “thin” client is very simple software that
communicates with a very powerful server.
Topic
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“What is a Windows-based Terminal?”